The Courier News from Blytheville, Arkansas · Page 7

JATUBDAY, JANUARY 9.1954 • . OUR HOARDING HOUSE — wltfi Major HoooU SOW SEATS FOR PBOft* t^&ffoM t WAIT FO" eusses.'~iiv\?TKe 1 l s j v?^\ CirVrSTO PARSI/waliaJSTO^illrJ^T fifiMo -We /«Wey R» SHAU.<S Tffig 8 : PA60M6 rtlTH UPHOi.«T£REP/J ^gP / ^— — ^W'TURE/F^'M / N -i -^ k^ o^^5> te« i^ »'">«.. _ ^^_ «^»* ifcgTABLfil \FOLDlM6J CT' i-, . <- *Q& ,)// ifrtOMAS EDISON ' ? HE6£ SAMe I OUT BLYTHEVTLL1 (AM.) COUHIER NBW1 •y J. R. Wllllom* PAGE SEVEH I KMOW MY SKCTE LOMA'START S OMVOUKAMOO TOO 816 FOR YOU, BUT (3OOP NI&TT-DO >OU NE6P THAT MUCH OF A START TO GLIPE ACROSS THIS LITTLE CKB OF ICE? THE WOfeRV WA,4T THE FUNETEER. FLEET IS CLOSE EHOueH TBSteKAL ...I COULD TELL 7HE/H NOT TO OPEN FIP6 BECAUSE WE'RE ABOARD. 1 IFJCONT, TH EVIL COKE WHY DOES THAT CAT £AgeiEL ALWAYS ROUNDOFF IN My DIRECTION?*/ PLANETEEfc FLEET ALLIH6«PACECtW ASTEKaDSKToe. DECELERATE AMDlDBITi,* FKOM THEIR HIP&ANP THOSE \ UNION DUES AIZE PAID UP' "In th« mlddla of your «»iay, Harold, you have written. •Mother Gooch't Pie Mix'—maybe you'd better not watch TV while doing your homework!" FRICKLIS AND HIS FRIINDS WHAT DOES A a. HAVE TO DO ATTRACT THAT REAMLINER'S ATTENTION? \ Plants Speedier .Than Humans OTTAWA W) — The National Research Council says plant life Is miles ahead of man when it comes •to manufacturing processes. Two 'of the council's scientists found that plants can change air Into wood In less than 10 seconds. In this period carbon dioxide becomes solid cellulose, the material which forms RADIATOR WORK • Boiled Out • Repaired • Flo Tested • Re-cored ALL WORK Guarantee* Grovers Body & Radiator Shop 9M Ci. Like Are Pho ettl the framework or skeleton of moat plants. Dr. Paul M. Laughton and Dr. 0. C. Mortimer, of the plant physiology section of rJRC, exposed sugar beet leaves to small amounts of carbon dioxide under a bright light. The carbon dioxide was first made radioactive so it could be identified when it got Inside the plant..The leaves were allowed to absorb the gas for varying periods and then were killed in boiling water. Radioactive cellulose was found in the leaves even though they had absorbed the gas for only 10 seconds. "This cellulose must have been made from the radioactive gas," the council said, "It follows that the plant can make these extremely complex changes, from air to wood, in less than 10 seconds." More than 100 bodies of water can be seen from the- summit Whiteface Mountain in New York Adlrondacks on ft clear day. For Fine Foods, Choose PICKARD'S GROCERY & MARKET Nationally Advertised & Fancy Groceries We Deliver 2043 Call In Come In 1044 Chick. Television — Tonight, Tomorrow — WMCT Channel S, & WHBQ, Channel 1 •• WMCT Channel 5 laturdiy Nlfht. Jin. I 8:00 Ramar of the Jungle - 6:30 Lone Ranger 7:00 Bonlno 7:30 Amateur Hour 8:00 Show of ShowB «:30 Pride of the Familj 10:00 Wrestling 11:00 News & Weather '11:10 Amateur Night at the Htindy 12:05 Sign Off Su 10:15 10:30 11:00 11:30 11:45 12:00 12:30 1:00 1:30 1:00 2:25 3:30 nrtay January 10 Previews A: News Excursion Mr. Wizard Industry on Paradt Captain Hartz Zoo Parade Frontiers of Faith American Inventory American Forum of the Air Your Future Unlimited News Kukla, Fran & OIHe 3:00 Big Picture 3:3Q Ethel & ( Albert 4:00 Roy Rogers 4:30 Range Rider 5:00 Meet the Presi 5:30 Stu Erwln 6:00 Paul Winchell . 6:30 Mr. Peepers 7:00 comedy Hour 8:00 TV PUyhouM 9:00 Racket Squad 8:30 Favorite Story 10:00 Newi 10:10 Weather 10:15 News Weekly 10:30 Story Theatre 11:00 Colonel Haclt 11:30 Sign Off WHBQ Channel 13 Saturday Night, Jan. • 6:00 juke Box jury 6:30 Beat the Clock 7:00 Jackie Gleason 8:00 Two for the Money 8:30 Favorite Husband »:00 M'dalllon Theater 9:30 Name's the Same 10:00 Wrestling 11:00 Late Show THE STORTi A. ll-r»r-old tklef, Alltert Snnrs. at»le Home letter* from tk« pume of hli Kfeoolteaeher, HIM Cora John- ion, :i». Ml.. Join.on. a llmld. •enaltlve woman, tho. oeco the victim of blnclctn.ill fi •fee wai lonrly. • V VIII \TISS CORA JOHNSON'S I.et- ter received a prompt reply "Farmer" Identified himself as Adrian Kaye of Ibcrville, in upper New York Stat«. In the same unadorned language characterizing his published letter, he expressed himselt grateful for having heard from her. He then told her something about himself. He had been an accountant In , Buffalo. But a few years previously his health had failed The doctors advised outdoor work In the country. He then fore bought a small farm and moved onto it, with his wife and three children. But, the follow'.-. Ing tpring, his wife was killed in • a motor car accident. Kaye did not elaborate on the tragedy. From between the lines, however, Mis» Johnson got a clear idea of bit dlitreu and dismay. | H sympathy rushed out toward ~ this unknown man who wrote 10 ' timply and sincerely. Kay* had continued (o live on • the farm. By that time he was heavily Involved in It, financially (ih« fathered) ai well as In othw mpectt. And, indeed, the farm had done a great deal for him. His health had improved. He liked the work; the life In .general. But hit plait w»t rather itolattd. He had little in common with his neighbor! who, unlike hlmielf, were born larmen. Nor bad bi found la Ibtrville, the nearest community, anyone whos* tattei approximated nls own. At time*, completely lack• Ing In suitable adult companlon- .ahip, rva found hii ittuation In•• «M at-r at tkai sort of thing but. in the circum stances, he saw no reason why he should not try to make friend by mail. He reiterated tha he had nothing in mind, save a congenial correspondence. Miss Johnson answered in kind. Kaye's second letter wa as prompt as the'first. And before she quite realized It, shi was in the middle of a regular exchange. As the summer wore on, both parties wrote with less restraint. And a form of friendship developed between them. N c 'OW in her darkened room ; Miss Johnson asked herseli what had been wrong about that? The correspondence bad been conducted with the utmost propriety. Kaye had not inserted in a single one of his letters anything which might even vaguely have been classified, in the words ot the detestable Mrs. Synes. as "hot stuff." In fact, a penetrating reader would have detected a highly impersonal tone. But that was just the trouble. There would be In thi*. small town, which loved gossip, no penetrating or charitable-minded readers. Those to whom Mn. Sjrmet might hint or, in any final analysis, show the letters, would believe exactly what they wished to believe, as Mrst Symcs herself had done. Avidly they would leap to the conclusion that the poor frustrated schoolteacher had, Anally and desperately, (on* out to tet • man in the only way the could —through a marriage market, possibly a questionable one. She tried to picture herself UUiiuj Mn. Symei to do oer then holding . h*r IMM high, ignoring both veiled to- lucndo' and open comment, rid* ng out the storm as It were. That picture railed to develop properly. She knew that she could never do It clouded by the faces of the townspeople, those of the ribald shoe men, Mrs. Hart's dark, aware face and the fair-complexioned one of Miss Dillon—to say nothing of the faces of her pupils, imagined as a kind of grinning derisive sea confronting her daily. Already, almost, she could hear word-snatches whispered behind her back and catch sly badly-suppressed giggles. Most frightening of all was the thought of her fellow boarders at Mrs. Copeland's. They deviled her enough as it wa*. But, with this information in hand, they would be utterly unable to restrain themselves. Lacking in finesse and understanding, rau- c o u s and perpetually joke- minded, they would simply let themselves go. And life would not be worth living. Upon that point Mrs. Symes had been terribly and shrewdly right No. Cora Johnson could not bear the thought. And she was caught, in a trap. There was no alternative except to buy that iorrible woman's silence with a horrible commodity, hush money. • « • »f ISS JOHNSON got up then; bathed her face. It wu a drawn, harassed face that con- ronted her out of the bathroom mirror. And, she told It savagely, the ace of a fool. Why, why on earth, badn't she had the sent* to leave those letters tt her ocked bureau drawer? But she'd rummaged through the drawer his morning for something else, nd come upon them. And some f them were beautiful, even m- plring, for Adrian Kaye had t gift of words and for doing love- 1 things with words. On Impulse Mist Johnaon had tucked the packet, to Iti wcora* ussing red rubber band, into her •8 Because the had come to alue th«m *>, because they were warm and friendly and MOMbow ntiturlnf, dw oft* rt-rMd them. She had iudd«ory d*ctd«d o do so again today—during tht noon hour or In the afternoon study period, when the cltt* wu rMMMbly PUPPIES Fax Terrien, Cocker Spinlete and English . Shepherd*. Psrakeets-Ideal Pets Young birdi all colon, • Beautiful chrome cafe*. Mexican Bed Bead Parrot. Tht PET SHOP IS) S. Dlrlllon Fh. t*7S Burns Tears Ladies & Men's Garments WHY PAY MORE? RUTH McCLANAHAN —SKIL WEAVER— 421 E. Synmor* BlytherlU* i« KEN SSTTOS * NEWSUNT ON MYSCU; TOft IW TBOW3U WJSIVWS FffiUNS SORW K» MVSRF WD1MNKMS OTHERS WERE SOSm FOB ME. THAT'S BW. I'M OVER IT • NOW, B^TWMSTOPEOPLB UKE MARTHA 1 r.*YNf AND OAV UXetK, BUT MOSTWTO 1 VOU. 1 , I THArS WHAT I SAID. 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